Ruby Google Drive: Delete a File

Back to Index

Permanently deletes a file owned by the user without moving it to the trash. If the file belongs to a Team Drive the user must be an organizer on the parent. If the target is a folder, all descendants owned by the user are also deleted.

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/files/delete


require 'chilkat'

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

#   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
oauth2 = Chilkat::CkOAuth2.new()
oauth2.put_AccessToken("OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN")
rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)

success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,true)
if (success != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

rest.AddQueryParam("supportsTeamDrives","true")

sbResponse = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("DELETE","/drive/v3/files/1xx378JF8abx17LXlRt65031J9TQkolQX",sbResponse)
if (success != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 204)
    print "Received error response code: " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode().to_s() + "\n";
    print "Response body:" + "\n";
    print sbResponse.getAsString() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Example Completed." + "\n";